Sonic and the Olympians
Chapter 4:
By the time Sonic arrived in Sparta, the Spartans already left in the morning to battle their enemies, the Assyrians, on the south shore of the Aegean Sea. He ran rapidly until he saw the Spartans walking in battle to the shore. Up ahead, Sonic saw the Assyrians were three miles from the Spartans, and his heart dropped.
"Oh no, I think I'm too late!" He thought.
The Assyrians were on their battle ships heading to the shore. Like the Spartans, they were ready for battle with their large army that to Sonic look at lease 10,000 armed men. The Spartans outnumbered them though, of at lease 30,000 armed men. They had more years of skilled training and were well armored then the Assyrians. It actually looks like the Spartans will win easily, but sadly, little did they realize that Hercales, their god that they worship and trust to give them strength in battle is cursed and took their strength away. They'll perish within an hour!
Sonic knew that he still had a chance to stop this, so he has to act fast to find Heracles and remove his curse as quick as possible so that he can give the Spartans' strength back. He ran onto the beach and stood on a boulder to look for Heracles. The Assyrians are now two miles from the shore, and the Spartans were getting more prepared to fight. Time is running out!
"Heracles! Wherever you are, I want you to show yourself! I'm going to make sure that won't control you, your country, or your people." Sonic called out.
"Don't try to stop my master!" He heard someone yelled behind him. Sonic turned and moved out of the way in time when a purple energy ball was shot at him. Heracles, which to Sonic looked a lot like Knuckles, was behind him, and must've been following him for a while. Like Aphrodite, Heracles had a purple aura around him with evil looking eyes. However, Heracles was very tall standing about eighteen feet and his quills were longer. He shot another power sphere at Sonic and he dodged it.
"Heracles! Do you know what you've done to the Spartans?!" Sonic asked. "You made Greece's army weak, and it'll make the whole country weak too!"
"That's the command I was giving to from my master, her first phase was ruin by you, so she now is doing phase two, also known as the Ultimate Phase." Heracles said.
The Assyrians are now a mile away, and the Spartans had their shields up, they were shoulder to shoulder, and they pointed their spears to the sky. They were ready to fight to the death. Sonic had to act now, so he hid behind a boulder, got an arrow and was ready to shoot Hercales with it, so that way he can put him in a death like sleep. He jumped towards Heracles.
"It's time I end this! Rest easy Heracles!" He cried as he shot the arrow. But Heracles formed a shield that was so strong, it broke the arrow in half. Sonic gasped.
"Oh no! He broke it!" He thought in dismay.
Suddenly, Heracles punched Sonic, and he fell hard to the ground. The impact caught Sonic off guard and was slow to get up.
"Man, he's stronger then I thought!" Sonic thought after he was on his feet. Not far from him he heard the Spartans yell and was running towards the Assyrians. They are in battle with their enemy, he was too late.
Suddenly, Sonic came up with an idea. He would have to distract Heracles so he has a chance to remove his curse. However, he knew it wasn't going to be easy, so he has to be quick, but also careful and stay alert. As the Spartans were fighting the Assyrians, Sonic curled himself into a ball and was speeding around Heracles. Heracles tried to catch Sonic, but he wasn't fast enough. It was making him angry.
"Stop it you blue creature!" He yelled evilly. He shot a few power spheres at him, but each one missed. So far, Sonic's idea is working.
"The more I'm doing this, the more he'll be distracted! I got to speed it up so I can throw sand around so he won't see properly."
And that's what Sonic did, he increased his speed enough that sand was rapidly flying high in the air and it was hard for Heracles to see anything or even breathe. Meanwhile, the Assyrians realized that their enemy is not giving all their strength, they knew they were weak, so they tried to kill as much Spartans as possible.
"Heracles! Give us our strength to defeat the enemy, the Assyrians!" A solider cried out.
Already the Spartans lost 7,000 of their men. Sonic took a quick glance while stilling running around Heracles, and knew this was his chance.
"Here we go!" He thought as he hid behind another boulder. He got an arrow ready to be shot. Slowly, the sand and its dust settled as Heracles coughed, he was covered with a thing layer of sand and dust.
"Where is that blue spiky hedgehog?" He said to himself after he stopped coughing. That's when Sonic jumped up again and shot the arrow. Heracles turned around too late and the arrow shot through his neck. Heracles immediately fell to the ground stunned, and went into a death like sleep. Sonic stood proudly over him, knowing he saved another god from Hecate's wrath, and this time, without Corinna's help.
"I did pretty good. This is getting way past interesting and fun then it was before!" Sonic said to himself and chuckled. He got the gold cup when he saw the curse was leaving Heracles and sealed it.
"Two down, four to go!" He cried. As the arrow faded and the wound on Heracles' neck was healing and he was waking up, Sonic turned and watched the Assyrians battling the Spartans with pride and strength. They killed at lease 18,000 of the Spartans, while they only lost 350 on their side. Sonic shook his head in disbelief.
"Hecate, you really done it this time." He thought in anger. He heard Heracles moan and turned to him. He helped him get on his feet. Since his curse was removed, Heracles was to his normal height, which was twelve feet.
"Come on Heracles, hurry up! You got to give the Spartans their strength back and help them win or the Assyrians will and they'll take over the south part of Greece!" Sonic said.
"Uh, oh man. What happened?" Heracles said when he was on his feet, holding his head.
"You got mind controlled by Hecate and she commanded you to make the Spartans weak." Sonic replied. Heracles looked at Sonic stunned and in shock.
"What?!" He cried. They walked to a cliff nearby that had a better view of the battlefield. Heracles was lost with words and sadden to see the Spartans weak.
"They have been faithful to me and Athena, and I feel like I betrayed them. I saw what I was doing, but I had no control over what I was doing. It's because of Hecate that I failed the Spartans, and even Greece herself." Heracles said. Sonic couldn't believe what he heard, even from a god, stronger and higher then himself. He was talking like it was his fault.
"It's not your fault and it's not too late. You can still save them!" Sonic said.
"But look, there's not many and they are totally out numbered. If I do something now, it's too late. I'm afraid I can't help them." Heracles said. When sonic heard this, he couldn't believe it, it made him feel mad that Heracles was going to give up.
"I can't believe you. After all this time your people have worship you, honored you, and even fought for you, and you're going to give up on them just like that?! A god is suppose to look out for their people, not give up on them when they need help. A god is also suppose to be there with their people, and make them feel safe and to live a good life. What kind of god are you that's turning your back on you're people? They are being slaughtered and here you are is saying that is too late?! I nearly killed myself trying to save you so I can remove your curse and then you can be there for your people! Some god you are, in fact, you're not even a god since your letting them die like that!" Sonic snapped.
Heracles was stunned that Sonic, a random person he hardly knew saved him, had snapped like that. Without saying a word, Heracles watched the battle in silence, and realized Sonic was right. He was seeing his faithful men being killed or dying on that shore, they were fighting for not only Greece, or their people, but for him. Sonic noticed a tear went down on Heracles's cheek and he smiled. Sonic grinned.
"I can't believe I actually yelled at a god." Sonic thought.
"You're right blue hedgehog." Said Heracles. "I have to be there for my people. I'm no god that will not help them in their time of need. And it's not too late, the Spartans have had close calls before, and they won them with a victorious and powerful attitude!" Heracles bowed his head, he hold his two hands together, closed his eyes, and spoke in Greek. He levitated and floated on top of the battle. Sonic was amazed and watched everything.
"By the power of Heracles, I will give my respected men their strength, for they will use it in my name, my glory, and honor!" He cried out. And all he did was looked around him, raised one hand, and golden fog went around the battlefield. It worked in seconds and the Spartans that struggle to even stab an Assyrian, easily done it with even his hand. In no time, the Assyrians were losing their men in a rapid pace. Heracles and Sonic watched the Spartans kill the Assyrians that withing an hour, the Assyrians fled, leaving over 8,000 of their dead men, behind. The Spartans won, but they lost 26,000 men, including their general.
"I want to thank you hedgehog. Without you standing up, they would've lost and I would've failed them." Said Heracles. "And I also want to thank you for saving me."
"Don't sweat it Heracles, at lease Greece has her army back the way is suppose to me, and I'm getting one step closer to stopping Hecate." Sonic said proudly. "But by the way, the names Sonic."
"Very well then Sonic. And I must say, for someone like you, you are very strong. But if you need any help, I'll be happy to be by your side to stopping Hecate." Heracles said.
All Sonic did was nodded and gave a thumbs up. After that, Heracles took Sonic back to Mount Olympus.
Hecate saw the battle and thought her second phase was complete, until she came back later and saw the Spartans won. To her surprise, Sonic remove the curse she put in Heracles, and then Heracles gave the Spartans their strength back. She was angered.
"I guess this hedgehog from another time is stronger then I thought. From now on, it looks that I have to do my phases with caution." She said. She walked down the stairs to meet with her maining Olympians she has under her curse.
"He is a threat to my plans, I think I have to work stronger and faster to make sure Mount Olympus and Greece is in ruins." She walked into the room where the Olympians were in and decided her next plan.
"I will use not one, but two gods, each one will do my phases without problems, because that hedgehog Sonic, will have to do worry about one at a time, and I'll make sure these phases will cause problems to Greece's people.
"Artemis, Apollo, come to me." Hecate commanded.
"Yes, master." They said and they came to her.
Both Apollo and Artemis are twin siblings. Apollo is the god of healing, medicines and plagues, while Artemis is the goddess of the hunt and archery.
"First, Apollo. I want you to go down to the citites Athens and Thebes and infect the people with diphtheria so that it's strong enough to kill them. This is the third phase, to plague people with deadly diseases." She turned to Artemis.
"And as for you Artemis, travel in the forests and kill the game, so that the men won't be able to hunt and bring food in their homes. Them and their families will eventually starve. This is the fourth phase." She said.
"Yes, master." They both said and left to start their havoc. Hecate smiled.
"The fourth phase might not work out, but I do have a feeling that the third phase will." She said as she left to her throne room.
Author's notes:
I thank you for reading my fourth chapter of "Sonic and the Olympians!" If you haven't read any of the previous chapters yet, then please do or give this a like, a review or follow me because I'll be making more Fanfics in the future! From now on, I'll be publishing future chapters whenever I can. It would be easier for me if I work on a chapter when I can then trying to rush them out because I don't want to rush this story, but work on it on my own pace. Also, if you didn't know, this story was inspired by two Sonic games named Sonic and the Secret Rings, and Sonic and the Black Knight, but I do not own anything from those games, and they rightfully belong to SEGA!
I do not own Sonic or any of the Sonic the Hedgehog characters, they rightfully are owned by SEGA. However, I do own credit to Corinna, who is my Greek Original Character maiden in this story that is helping Sonic to defeat Hecate. With that being said, I'll see you in the next chapter!